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Famous Olympic torchbearers

Famous Olympic torchbearers

With the Olympic torch arriving in South Korea on Wednesday to mark 100 days until the PyeongChang Games, take a look at some of the famous names who have carried the torch over the years. [ + - ]

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a gold medal winner at the 1960 Summer Olympics when his name was Cassius Clay, holds up the Olympic torch prior to lighting a device that would carry the flame up the cauldron during the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta on July 19, 1996. [ + - ]

Alex Ovechkin, captain of the NHL's Washington Capitals and a member of the Russian ice hockey team, carries the Olympic torch as it begins its journey from Greece to Sochi, Russia, on Sept. 29, 2013. The torch was lit in ancient Olympia and then headed off on the longest torch relay for any Winter Games, including a trip to space. [ + - ]

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis lights the cauldron at the end of Day 65 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on July 22, 2012 in London, England. [ + - ]

Scottish actor James McAvoy runs down Buchanan Street carrying the Olympic Torch during the leg between Stranrear and Glasgow on June 8, 2012, in Glasgow, Scotland. [ + - ]

Then California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lights the Olympic flame from a runner as he prepares to run with the torch during the Olympic torch relay ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb. 12, 2010, in Vancouver, Canada. [ + - ]

Torchbearer and NBA star Yao Ming holds the torch as he runs through the Tiananmen Gate during the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Beijing on Aug. 6, 2008. [ + - ]